East Germany Immigration

East Germany will offer a permanent home to Soviet Jewish emigrants, the East Berlin government announced. The decision resolves the case of about 500 Soviet Jews who have been living in a German army barracks after fleeing a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union. The coalition Cabinet resolved to grant residence and employment rights to Soviet Jewish emigrants, Almuth Berger, East Germany's immigration commissioner, told a news conference.

East Germany will offer a permanent home to Soviet Jewish emigrants, the East Berlin government announced. The decision resolves the case of about 500 Soviet Jews who have been living in a German army barracks after fleeing a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union. The coalition Cabinet resolved to grant residence and employment rights to Soviet Jewish emigrants, Almuth Berger, East Germany's immigration commissioner, told a news conference.

Hungarian guards used dogs to tighten border control, but 250 East Germans still reached Austria overnight in the tide of escape from their Communist homeland, witnesses said. Border guards intercepted three buses from Budapest with 300 East Germans aboard near Lake Neusiedl, which straddles the border, sources said. Witnesses at another crossing in Austria said they saw Hungarian border guards turn back nearly 20 East German cars.

Hungarian guards used dogs to tighten border control, but 250 East Germans still reached Austria overnight in the tide of escape from their Communist homeland, witnesses said. Border guards intercepted three buses from Budapest with 300 East Germans aboard near Lake Neusiedl, which straddles the border, sources said. Witnesses at another crossing in Austria said they saw Hungarian border guards turn back nearly 20 East German cars.